Bellator MMA kicks off its 2022 schedule with a heavyweight title fight at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
In the main event of Bellator 273, reigning heavyweight champion and former light heavyweight king Ryan Bader takes on interim champ Valentin Moldavsky in a unification bout. This is Bader’s first heavyweight fight since a no contest with Cheick Kongo way back in 2019.
The co-main event is a lightweight bout between former UFC champion Benson Henderson and rising contender Islam Mamedov.
Bellator 273 kicks off with a free live stream of the prelims, which can be watched at the top of the page starting at a special early start time of 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.